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I paid $2.23 for E85 today. Premium was $3.15
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The gap between premium and regular really pisses me off. For many years, you could count on only a 10 cent upcharge between grades. I.e. if 87 was $1.00, 89 would be $1.10, and premium would be $1.20. So I guess it might be reasonable for them to charge 20 percent more (than 87), but not 30-40% more.
I think the oil crash from covid started this massive spread. The drivers of vehicles that require premium are usually stuck buying it anyway, so they can squeeze us for free profit. And as we know, once prices go up without substantially reducing demand, we get to enjoy them forever.
 

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Nothing but Premium for the god's chariot. I ain't putting 87 in my car, that's for econo shitboxes. :crazy:
The great thing is that you can feed the stock Mustang with what's there.
The pony eats what you feed it without grumbling.
Anything beyond that is just for the ego.
 

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I know Iā€™m in the minority here but Iā€™ve been running 87 octane in my DD for over a year now. When I first took delivery I faithfully ran 93 octane but after reading another thread on here about running 87 versus 93 I switched. As a DD I see no difference in performance.
 

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Note the following is in litres and CDN$. I get a little irritated by the spread here between 87 and 91. It is typically anywhere from 24 to 28 cents per litre, yet another nickel gets you 93. They are building a new Costco in our neighbourhood and I canā€™t wait for that to open, as Costco typically sells 87 for a nickel less than anyone around them and their 91 is only 10 cents more, so effectively only a nickel more than the nationalsā€™ 87. It will be interesting to see what the nationals do with their pricing.
 

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Premium has always been .90 to a buck more around here. One big reason I bought the V-6. Refuse to pay extortion.
 

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Premium has always been .90 to a buck more around here. One big reason I bought the V-6. Refuse to pay extortion.
Yep, as long as I can remember 89 has typically been $0.50 more than 87 and 93 is $1 more than 87.
 

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I'd love to pay that here. :)

Rough calcs which I know aren't amazing but..

1 US Gallon = 3.78 US litres = $3.74
=> 1 US Litre = $3.74 / 3.78 = 0.99c
=> 16 US Gallon (60 Litre) tank = 60 x 0.99c = $59 (or just $3.74 x 16)

I think that's correct - ignoring the difference between US / UK Gallons etc.

So $59 is ~Ā£48. That would get me 1/2 a tank of VPower. hehe. I think it's 179.9 here at the minute / per litre which means Ā£1.79 x 60 = Ā£107.40. :crazy:

As others have said - I just don't look. Grab the nozzle, in it goes, fix gaze down at shoes. Sob quietly to oneself. šŸ˜
 

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Regular is 3.89 and 91 is 4.39 here in the Phoenix suburbs. 91 is the only ā€œpremiumā€ we can get.

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